Luigi Parasmo Salon and Spa

Luigi Parasmo Salon and Spa at 1359 Wisconsin Avenue NW is a hair salon and spa in the Georgetown commercial corridor, whose name suggests the Italian salon tradition that has influenced the international beauty industry’s approach to hair and personal care since the mid-twentieth century. The Italian salon tradition, which produced the hairdressing techniques and the hair aesthetic that the international film, fashion, and beauty culture of the postwar decades disseminated globally, is expressed in the quality of the cut and the color that the Italian-influenced salon provides.

The Luigi Parasmo approach to the haircut, which draws from the Italian school’s emphasis on the precise technical cut that works with the hair’s natural movement and the client’s bone structure, produces the haircut that the Georgetown professional woman or man wears for the full interval between appointments without the need for the constant styling maintenance. The Italian-school haircut, which uses the scissors-over-comb and the razor techniques that the Italian barbering tradition developed, creates the shape in the hair itself rather than depending on the product and the heat styling to produce the daily result.

The spa component of the Luigi Parasmo offering provides the facial, massage, and body care services that complement the hair appointment in the complete personal care visit. The Wisconsin Avenue address at 1359 is in the mid-Georgetown commercial section accessible to both the M Street commercial cluster and the upper residential Georgetown community.

Hours run Tuesday through Saturday. The Italian-influenced salon approach at Luigi Parasmo at 1359 Wisconsin Avenue NW reflects the specific technique tradition that the Italian haircutting and coloring schools have developed: the scissor technique that shapes the hair without the razoring that removes texture, the toning technique that neutralizes the unwanted warmth that the lightening process creates in the darker hair, and the styling technique that produces the natural movement that the Italian aesthetic values. The Georgetown professional who has experienced the Italian salon tradition in Rome or Milan and who wants the same standard in Georgetown finds in Luigi Parasmo the reference point for that experience.

The Wisconsin Avenue mid-commercial position at 1359 is between the It’s a Secret Med Spa and the Salon Pejman in the commercial block that concentrates the personal care services for the mid-Georgetown residential community. Hours run Tuesday through Saturday. The Luigi Parasmo Salon and Spa at 1359 Wisconsin Avenue NW provides the Georgetown professional client with the combined hair and spa appointment that the professional schedule benefits from: the color service that runs for the development time while the client receives the facial treatment, or the haircut that precedes the shoulder and neck massage, uses the salon appointment time efficiently for the Georgetown professional who values the combined service appointment. Hours run Tuesday through Saturday.